AuthorChapter 30
The Doctor's Visit and Jim's Word
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1 At grey daybreak, Jim looks out through a narrow loophole in the log-house.
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2 Dr. Livesey hears Silver say "The very same Jim as ever was" and stops dead on the misty hilltop.
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3 At dawn in the log-house, the boy gives his word of honour not to escape
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4 Long John Silver drops his geniality and bares his teeth at his own crew
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5 At the paling, back turned on his crew, Long John Silver's cheerful face falls apart
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6 At the stockade paling on a cold, misty morning, Jim's courage breaks.
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7 Tearful Jim looks straight at the doctor through the gap in the stockade paling
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8 Dr. Livesey is astonished as Jim says the Hispaniola lies safe in North Inlet
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9 Through the stockade, Dr. Livesey raises his hand and gives Silver his solemn word
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10 Through a gap in the stakes, the doctor grips Jim's bandaged hand one last time
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